
ThisisoneoftheclassicSovietsilentfilms.Thestoryisaboutafamilytornapartbyaworker'sstrike.Atfirst,themotherwantstoprotectherfamilyfromthetroublemakers,buteventuallysherealizesthathersonisrightandtheworkersshouldstrike.TheplotissimilartootherSovietfilmsoftheerabutdoesfocusmoreontheindividualthansomeofEisenstein'sfilms.Themotherandsondorepresentthecollectivebuttheyarealsostrongcharactersontheirown.<br/> Thebestpartofthefilmistheediting.Itisalwayssharpandquick.Whenthereisaction,theeditsarefastandgivetheviewerasenseofchaos.TheSovietsweremastersofmontageandthisfilmisaprimeexample.Theactingisalsobetterthaninmostsilentfilms.ItisclearthattheactorscomefromtheseriousstageandnotVaudeville.Thecinematographyissomewhataverage,though,andthefilmfeelsalittleflatattimes.Itisnotperfect,butitisworthseeingforallandessentialviewingforthoseinterestedinRussianfilmormontage.<br/> 【SOURCE:<ahref="https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0017128%2F"target="_blank"rel="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/<wbr/>title/tt0017128/</a>】

